Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Astrazeneca UK Limited
- Value
- £225,408,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Influenza vaccines (CPV 33651660)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 058102-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jun 2026
- Published19 Jun 2026Published 18 days after the contract date
Description
For the supply of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine 2026/2027. Option to extend on two occasions for an additional 12 months on each occasion.
About the supplier
Astrazeneca UK Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03674842).